The ones serving up the ads aren’t even the ones listening. They’re buying collated data from many different sources, then their algorithm matches your interests with one of the products they’re contracted to sell. Next thing you know you’re looking at a Rolex ad because you zoomed in on someone’s watch on their Instagram post.

They failed to mention the new CEO.

It’s Connor Gaydos, the “birds aren’t real” guy.

That was partially because older PCs had rectangular pixels vs a Mac’s square pixels. Square pixels translated better to other mediums.

Edit: I just realized that was more like 25 years ago. God I’m old.

That’s 𝒥𝒶𝓋𝒶.

More importantly, the hardware is designed and inspected by Apple’s engineers. Security vulnerabilities would be Apple’s failure regardless of the origin of the parts.

It depends. I’m Carl Weathers with XP.

It’s up to the lender to accept the settlement. They’re the ones taking the loss. The sale is not the result of financial hardship, so the court cannot force the lender to accept an unreasonably insufficient buyout offer for the loan.

I adored these games! As Raziel, you have the ability to switch between the physical and supernatural planes. While in the supernatural plane, physical properties such as gravity, speed, and inertia work completely differently. You need to platform, fight, and solve puzzles using this mechanic to collect souls for the Elder God. The dark and twisted story is engaging and fun. Highly recommend!

I do like how AI works for referencing articles. You can tap on any sentence in the summary and it will display all links that contain that source information. It’s actually pretty useful.

Technically, yes, data must transmit to negotiate, but it doesn’t require high throughput. So you’ll get USB 2.0 transfer speeds (480 Mb/s) with most “charging only” USB-C cables. That’s only really useful for a keyboard or mouse these days.

Empty PCB? You can’t see the other side of the logic board in this video. All reputable computer manufacturers use circus design on PCBs.

The cost of the dock is high because the tech is new. I don’t believe I need to explain the cost curve of advancing technology to you.

Tell me where there’s room to add another bus and ports without expanding the footprint.

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/22/ifixit-shares-m4-macbook-pro-teardown/

Thunderbolt 4 still has twice the bandwidth of the fastest USB-C standard currently available at 40 Gb/s. Thunderbolt 5 tops out at 120 Gb/s. That means you could have six USB-C devices, running max throughput of 20 Gb/s through a dock, connected to the Mac using Thunderbolt 5, without limiting the bandwidth. It also daisy chains more 4K displays at a higher refresh rate than USB-C. It’s a far superior connection.

There’s nothing simple about adding more ports on a portable computer. It means additional buses, I/O boards, and a larger device size.

Most manufacturers that offer USB-A ports don’t have three Thunderbolt 5 ports. It would either be modular or a trade if you’re making a true comparison.

MacBook Pro comes with three Thunderbolt 5/USB-C ports (120 Gb/s), HDMI 2.1b, MagSafe 3, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Trading a USB-C port for USB-A means potentially downgrading a USB-C capable device to USB-A with an adapter. The opposite results in better performance, and the adapters will continue to be useful as long as you own USB-A devices. When computers only have USB-C ports, your other adapters will be useless.

As for cables, I replace them rather than using adapters. Monoprice.com sells quality cables relatively inexpensively.

No problem! Oh, and use a charger/power supply for the input. It’ll work on a computer port, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

Correct. The other commenter is giving bad advice.

Both power delivery and bandwidth are backwards compatible, but they are independent specifications on USB-C cables. You can even get PD capable USB-C cables that don’t transmit data at all.

Also, that’s not true for Thunderbolt cables. Each of the 5 versions have specific data and power delivery minimum and maximum specifications.

That’s the reason Apple released the Lightning connector. They pushed for several features for USB around 2010, including a reversible connector, but the USB-IF refused. Apple wanted USB-C, but couldn’t wait for the USB-IF to come to an agreement so they could replace the dated 20-pin connector.

Agreed. They should be labeled with the rating.

This little guy works wonders for me.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002371533933.html

The countless remaining docks support Thunderbolt 4, which at 40 Gb/s is still twice as fast as USB-C 3.2 Gen 2x2.

They range from $49-$299, depending on the features and number of ports needed. If you’re using the native HDMI port on your MacBook Pro, it’ll be on the low end of the price range.

The only cable that comes with a MacBook Pro is a USB-C charging cable.

All high quality peripheral docks support Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt 5 docks began to release last month. You can connect the devices to the dock using USB-C, then just use one Thunderbolt cable to connect the dock to your Mac to prevent a bottleneck.